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T. N. ARNOLD.

SCISSORS.

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SCISSORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

Application led December 13, 1915. Serial No. 66,588.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS N. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States. residing at Eagle Bridge, in the county of Rensselaer,

and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Scissors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in scissors or shears, and the object of the invention is to provide a combination article whereby the scissors may be employed for cutting button holes, ripping threads and threading needles, thus providing an article which will meet practically all of the requirements of a dressmaker or seamstress.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination article of Y-this class wherein the parts are so arranged as not to interfere one with the other and wherein the shears or scissors may be employed in the customary manner with ease and accuracy.

A further object of the invention is to construct an article of this character which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity, cheapness and thorough eiciency.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the improvementresides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

ln the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of an article constructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the same taken approximately on a line corresponding with the dotted line a.-a of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line b-b of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a sectional view approximately ou the line c-c of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a side View showing the handles in partial section, the pivot and screw in section and the blade removed, Fig. 6 is a. perspective view of one cf the scissor members, Fig. 7 is a similar view of the co-acting scissor member, and Fig. S is a perspectivevview of one of the button hole=cutting members.

The. scissors may be of the ordinary construction including the. cutting blades 1 and 2 which are integrally formed with the handle portions 3 and 4 and which are4 pivotally connected, as at 5. The blades 1 and 2, upon their inner faces, and at a suit able distance away from the pivot 5 are provided with transverse depressions or pockets 6 v6 which communicate with their cutting edges. The said blades 1 and 2 are provided with transverse slots 7-7 which enter the pockets 6-6 and arranged within each of the said pockets and snugly engaging with the walls thereof is a cutting member 8 8. The cutting member is of a length less thanthe width of the pocket, so that when the same is moved in one direction, it will not interfere with the cutting edges of'the blades l and '2. Each of the members 8 is provided with a threaded angu lar stud member 9 which is engaged by a threaded screw 10, and whereby the said member 8 may be moved longitudinally of the cutting blade and sustained the desired distance from the cutting edge of the same, and whereby the said members 8 may be employed for cutting button holes. One of the blades, 1, is provided near its pivot 5 with a screw 11 which is adapted to contact with the inner face of the other blade 2, so as to lock the blades in either an open or closed position.

The inner and longitudinally straight face of the handle member 3 of the blade 2 is formed with a longitudinally arranged casing 12 within which is pivotally connected, as at 13, a knife blade 14 and the casing 12 is provided withadepression which registers with a kerf 15 in the blade 14, whereby the said blade may be swung upon its pivot 13, outwardly so that the blade may be employed as a ripping element when desired. It is to be understood that'the blade is normally sustained in either its open o`r closed position through the medium of a flat spring, such as is commonly employed in connection with a knife blade and of course Lne scissor members 1 and 2 must be swung outwardly upon their pivot 5 to permit of the opening of the blade 14.

The handle or eye portion 4 of the other blade, 2, upon its lnner and substantially straight face, is provided with a longitudinally extending groove 16, the said groove being protected by a pair of plates 17 secured or connected in any desired manner to the opposite faces of the said portion of the handle 4. The plates, of course, have their edges opposite the knife blade 14 spaced apart, whereby a contact member, in the nature of an offset lug 18, arranged upon the casing of the knife member 12 of the handle 13 may, project between the said plates 17 into the roove 16 and against the needle member 22. The plates 17 project a suitable distance when the handles are closed,v

beyond the end of the handle 3, and have the outer ends, connected as indicated by the numeral 19. The part 19 closes the projecting end and bottom of the groove between the plates 17, and is formed with a tapering slot 20 through the bottom, and external guide lugs 21, one on each side of the slot 20, which is so arranged as to register. with the eye of a needle member 22 so that a thread guided by the lugs 21 will readily pass through the substantially V-shaped opening 20 and through the eye of the needle. The lug 18 is ada ted to hold the needle between the plates 1 and in the slot 16 so that its eye will register with the opening'21 and wherebythe thread may be easily and quickly passed through lthe eye of the said needle.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In an article for the urpose set forth, the combination of a menager including two pivoted elements each provided with a cuttingy blade yand a handle, a ripping element uponrone of said handles, a lug upon the ripplng element, the other handle having a longitudinal groove disposed adjacent the lug, and protective sides for the groove.

2. In an article of the class described, a member comprising two pivoted elements each including a cutting blade and a handle, one of said handles having a longitudinal groove, the other handle having a lug member adapted to be received in the groove, side plates protecting the groove, said plates having their outer ends connected and being provided with a tapering slot which communicates with the groove, and a guide member upon one of the plates extending outwardlyfrom the wider end of said tapering slot.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS NORWOOD ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. HALL, H. C. JILLsoN.

Copies o! this luttent `he obtained for tive cents egli, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,- Washington, D. 

